...g done by shot coming in unprotected portholes. Her armor showed that more than a hundred shots struck her. She carried two 7-inch rifled pivot guns, one at bow and the other aft, and eight 9-inch Dahlgren guns, four on each side. Two of the latter were disabled March 8th, and they were replaced by two 6-inch rifled guns. The hopes that the Virginia inspired in the South and the fears that she ex...